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8/24/2008 

Body Modifications

These days more than ever, the sight of piercings and tattoos are increasingly common. I personally have neither a piercing or a tattoo so I cannot begin to comprehend the decision making process that people go through when they decide, hey, I want to permanently/temporarily disfigure myself. I can however, ridicule and make snide remarks about it (and occasionally appreciate them.)


Piercings: I've always maintained that only females should get anything pierced and even having said that, nothing excessive is necessary. Most/all girls come with two standard piercings, the belly button and ears. More than 1, possibly 2 ear piercings is overkill in my opinion and can look all sorts of shitty. Even worse are those piercings that create a hole big enough to put your foot through. Sometimes, a nose piercing can look decent on a girl, but only if she's really hot and its one of those tiny ones that go into the side of the nose. No bull rings please. The tongue ring, while I've not had any experience with, I've heard is rather enjoyable, the same for the vagine. But having one or both of those suggests you might be a fan of the D-train in a greater capacity than a man such as myself might like. The lip piercing I find to be absurd and I'd imagine a hassle when attempting to french. The eye brow piercing is kinda the same but less absurd and more useless. Its more a cry for attention than anything.

Tattoos: Tats are the big rage these days. I gotta say though, in all my years, I may have seen like, 1 or 2 cool tattoos. Tattoos can pretty much be located anywhere but there's certain places that are more common than others. Guys like the arm band or shoulder tat. I don't really have a problem with the location, but they're usually something lame or the same redundant barb-wire joints, which kinda defeats the purpose of trying to be unique and get a tat when they all turn out to be nearly the same. Those are really the only places a guy should have a tattoo. If you got one on your side or back, upper or lower, man I dunno, questionable. (For example, I "know" a guy who has a "tramp stamp" tattoo. What the hell was he thinking?) Also, small to medium sized is best, the more inconspicuous the better.


With girls, its a bit different as their tats tend to be more "cute", with flowers and stars n what not. A favorite spot is on the front of the hips right above the vag. Also the shoulder blade is another one. Those don't bother me that much so long as they're not huge or lame. No no places though would include the feet, and anything sizable on the back or side or anything on the arm really. The tramp stamp, well, that one depends on the girl I guess and the size of the stamp.

That's all I got. 99% of tats are dumb and excessive piercing in unnecessary and unwarranted.